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BET.com: As the unofficial Black independence day becomes an official federal holiday it’s a ripe opportunity to offer more than just lip service.
By Terri Austin. Read article full @Bet.com The words, “liberty and justice for all,” have been recited by school children across America since they were written by Francis Bellamy in 1892. But for many children of color, these words simply do not ring true. As we celebrate Juneteenth in many states across the country, we need to determine how to…
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ALJAZEERA.com: Minneapolis agrees to pay $27m to George Floyd’s family
Read full article @ Aljazeera.com The Minneapolis, Minnesota city council voted unanimously on Friday to pay $27m to settle a lawsuit filed by George Floyd‘s family. In July, Floyd’s family sued the city and the four police officers charged in his death last May.\ The suit alleged the officers violated Floyd’s rights when they restrained him, and that…
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VICE.com: Scientists Have Unlocked the Secrets of the Ancient ‘Antikythera Mechanism’
By Becky Ferreira. Read full article @ Vice.com In the early 1900s, divers hunting for sponges off the coast of Antikythera, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, discovered a Roman-era shipwreck that contained an artifact destined to dramatically alter our understanding of the ancient world. Known as the Antikythera Mechanism, the object is a highly…
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BLACKENTERPRISE.com: Black Women Owners can Apply for $10,000 Grants from VISA
by Jeffrey McKinney Read full article @BlackEnterprise.com Here is a disturbing finding: Some 71% of Black women business owners across America estimate they can’t survive another year under the current pandemic conditions, a new report by payment technology company Visa shows. To help offset that, the Visa She’s Next Grant Program announced on March 4 will provide eligible Black women-owned…
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GOOGLE.com: 2021 International Women’s Day
Read full article @Google.com One of the first women to become a self-made millionaire Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove) Madam C. J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, is one of the first women in the world to earn more than $1 million through the business she founded in 1910, the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company.…
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REFINERY29.com: Uoma Beauty’s Coming 2 America Collab Is Taking Your Makeup Bag To Zamunda
By Amiee Simeon. Read full article @Refinery29.com We’ve given a polite pass to many of the movie remakes and sequels that have come out lately, but when we heard that we’d be taken back to the land of Zamunda by way of a Coming 2 America reboot, we were intrigued. That excitement only grew when we learned…
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VICE.com: Inside the Lithium Mining War That Could Poison the Nevada Desert’s Water
By Samir Ferdowsi. Read Full article @Vice.com A mining giant wants to extract lithium from the Nevada desert to power electric cars. But a more sustainable future doesn’t come without costs. One of the largest known lithium deposits in the world has sat undisturbed under the Nevada desert for centuries. Now, a mining giant wants to…
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VARIETY.com: That Zamundan Palace in ‘Coming 2 America’ Is Rapper Rick Ross’ Real-Life House
By Jazz Tangcay. Read full article @Variety.com Eddie Murphy’s return as Prince Akeem Joffer in “Coming 2 America” (streaming now on Prime Video) brings the comedy franchise back to the fictional Zamunda, home to the royal family and its future heir. Much of the Zamunda setting was recreated in Georgia, with the palatial palace brought…
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VOGUE.com: Another View of the Paris Fashion Week Fall 2021 Collections
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ACIELLE / STYLE DU MONDE View full article @ Vouge.com The few IRL shows happening this week in Paris will be small, socially distanced affairs—some outdoors, like Gabriela Hearst’s first show for Chloé. But even without the usual frenzy of street style and backstage photography, there’s still magic to be found behind the scenes.…
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BET.com: CEO of OneUnited Bank Announces Campaign To End The Racial Wealth Gap
By Makeda White. Read full article @ Bet.com Kevin Cohee explains how Black people can build wealth to last for generations to come. Previous and current forms of systematic racism have crippled the Black community’s potential for growth causing the average Black family’s net worth to be 10 times less than the average white family.…
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VICE.com: Scientists Discover Massive ‘Space Hurricane’ Above Earth
By Becky Ferreira. Read full article @ Vice.com The space hurricane is similar to regular hurricanes in many ways, except at much higher altitudes and raining electrons instead of water. You may have heard of tropical-cyclone hurricanes, extreme weather events that batter coastal regions, or the Carolina Hurricanes, an NHL team that won the 2006 Stanley…
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